Nov. 23, 2025
"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes
I’ve known rivers:
I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of
human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went
down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all
golden in the sunset.
I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of
human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went
down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all
golden in the sunset.
I’ve known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.
Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes.
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I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood
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in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were
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young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile
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and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln
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went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.
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I've known rivers: Ancient dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes.
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"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes.
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I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood
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in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were
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young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile
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and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln
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went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.
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I've known rivers: Ancient dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes.